Country, Regional, and State Abbreviations

Creating dropdown menus for web forms is such a fun way to spend the afternoon. One of the funnest things for me is adding all of the regional, state, and country codes when they’re required. Here are a few lists to make my web-dev life a little easier.

Here’s a quick jump menu:

• Country and Regional Abbreviations
• US State Abbreviations
• US States

Country and Regional Abbreviations

• US | United States
• AF | Afghanistan
• AL | Albania
• DZ | Algeria
• AS | American Samoa
• AD | Andorra
• AO | Angola
• AI | Anguilla
• AQ | Antarctica
• AG | Antigua and Barbuda
• AR | Argentina
• AM | Armenia
• AW | Aruba
• AU | Australia
• AT | Austria
• AZ | Azerbaijan
• BS | Bahamas
• BH | Bahrain
• BD | Bangladesh
• BB | Barbados
• BY | Belarus
• BE | Belgium
• BZ | Belize
• BJ | Benin
• BM | Bermuda
• BT | Bhutan
• BO | Bolivia
• BA | Bosnia and Herzegovina
• BW | Botswana
• BV | Bouvet Island
• BR | Brazil
• IO | British Indian Ocean Territory
• BN | Brunei
• BG | Bulgaria
• BF | Burkina Faso
• BI | Burundi
• KH | Cambodia
• CM | Cameroon
• CA | Canada
• CV | Cape Verde
• KY | Cayman Islands
• CF | Central African Republic
• TD | Chad
• CL | Chile
• CN | China
• CX | Christmas Island
• CC | Cocos (Keeling) Islands
• CO | Colombia
• KM | Comoros
• CH | Confederatio Helvetica (Switzerland)
• CG | Congo
• CK | Cook Islands
• CR | Costa Rica
• CI | Côte d'Ivoire
• HR | Croatia (Hrvatska)
• CU | Cuba
• CY | Cyprus
• CZ | Czech Republic
• CD | Congo (DRC)
• DK | Denmark
• DJ | Djibouti
• DM | Dominica
• DO | Dominican Republic
• TP | East Timor
• EC | Ecuador
• EG | Egypt
• SV | El Salvador
• GQ | Equatorial Guinea
• ER | Eritrea
• EE | Estonia
• ET | Ethiopia
• FK | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
• FO | Faroe Islands
• FJ | Fiji Islands
• FI | Finland
• FR | France
• GF | French Guiana
• PF | French Polynesia
• TF | French Southern and Antarctic Lands
• GA | Gabon
• GM | Gambia
• GE | Georgia
• DE | Germany
• GH | Ghana
• GI | Gibraltar
• GR | Greece
• GL | Greenland
• GD | Grenada
• GP | Guadeloupe
• GU | Guam
• GT | Guatemala
• GN | Guinea
• GW | Guinea-Bissau
• GY | Guyana
• HT | Haiti
• HM | Heard Island and McDonald Islands
• HN | Honduras
• HK | Hong Kong SAR
• HU | Hungary
• IS | Iceland
• IN | India
• ID | Indonesia
• IR | Iran
• IQ | Iraq
• IE | Ireland
• IL | Israel
• IT | Italy
• JM | Jamaica
• JP | Japan
• JO | Jordan
• KZ | Kazakhstan
• KE | Kenya
• KI | Kiribati
• KR | Korea
• KW | Kuwait
• KG | Kyrgyzstan
• LA | Laos
• LV | Latvia
• LB | Lebanon
• LS | Lesotho
• LR | Liberia
• LY | Libya
• LI | Liechtenstein
• LT | Lithuania
• LU | Luxembourg
• MO | Macao SAR
• MK | Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
• MG | Madagascar
• MW | Malawi
• MY | Malaysia
• MV | Maldives
• ML | Mali
• MT | Malta
• MH | Marshall Islands
• MQ | Martinique
• MR | Mauritania
• MU | Mauritius
• YT | Mayotte
• MX | Mexico
• FM | Micronesia
• MD | Moldova
• MC | Monaco
• MN | Mongolia
• MS | Montserrat
• MA | Morocco
• MZ | Mozambique
• MM | Myanmar
• NA | Namibia
• NR | Nauru
• NP | Nepal
• NL | Netherlands
• AN | Netherlands Antilles
• NC | New Caledonia
• NZ | New Zealand
• NI | Nicaragua
• NE | Niger
• NG | Nigeria
• NU | Niue
• NF | Norfolk Island
• KP | North Korea
• MP | Northern Mariana Islands
• NO | Norway
• OM | Oman
• PK | Pakistan
• PW | Palau
• PA | Panama
• PG | Papua New Guinea
• PY | Paraguay
• PE | Peru
• PH | Philippines
• PN | Pitcairn Islands
• PL | Poland
• PT | Portugal
• PR | Puerto Rico
• QA | Qatar
• RE | Reunion
• RO | Romania
• RU | Russia
• RW | Rwanda
• WS | Samoa
• SM | San Marino
• ST | São Tomé and Príncipe
• SA | Saudi Arabia
• SN | Senegal
• YU | Serbia and Montenegro
• SC | Seychelles
• SL | Sierra Leone
• SG | Singapore
• SK | Slovakia
• SI | Slovenia
• SB | Solomon Islands
• SO | Somalia
• ZA | South Africa
• GS | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• ES | Spain
• LK | Sri Lanka
• SH | St. Helena
• KN | St. Kitts and Nevis
• LC | St. Lucia
• PM | St. Pierre and Miquelon
• VC | St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• SD | Sudan
• SR | Suriname
• SJ | Svalbard and Jan Mayen
• SZ | Swaziland
• SE | Sweden
• CH | Switzerland
• SY | Syria
• TW | Taiwan
• TJ | Tajikistan
• TZ | Tanzania
• TH | Thailand
• TG | Togo
• TK | Tokelau
• TO | Tonga
• TT | Trinidad and Tobago
• TN | Tunisia
• TR | Turkey
• TM | Turkmenistan
• TC | Turks and Caicos Islands
• TV | Tuvalu
• UG | Uganda
• UA | Ukraine
• AE | United Arab Emirates
• UK | United Kingdom
• US | United States
• UM | United States Minor Outlying Islands
• UY | Uruguay
• UZ | Uzbekistan
• VU | Vanuatu
• VA | Vatican City
• VE | Venezuela
• VN | Viet Nam
• VG | Virgin Islands (British)
• VI | Virgin Islands
• WF | Wallis and Futuna
• YE | Yemen
• ZM | Zambia
• ZW | Zimbabwe

US State Abbreviations

• AL | Alabama
• AK | Alaska
• AS | American Samoa
• AZ | Arizona
• AR | Arkansas
• CA | California
• CO | Colorado
• CT | Connecticut
• DE | Delaware
• DC | District of Columbia
• FM | Federated States of Micronesia
• FL | Florida
• GA | Georgia
• GU | Guam
• HI | Hawaii
• ID | Idaho
• IL | Illinois
• IN | Indiana
• IA | Iowa
• KS | Kansas
• KY | Kentucky
• LA | Louisiana
• ME | Maine
• MH | Marshall Islands
• MD | Maryland
• MA | Massachusetts
• MI | Michigan
• MN | Minnesota
• MS | Mississippi
• MO | Missouri
• MT | Montana
• NE | Nebraska
• NV | Nevada
• NH | New Hampshire
• NJ | New Jersey
• NM | New Mexico
• NY | New York
• NC | North Carolina
• ND | North Dakota
• MP | Northern Mariana Islands
• OH | Ohio
• OK | Oklahoma
• OR | Oregon
• PW | Palau
• PA | Pennsylvania
• PR | Puerto Rico
• RI | Rhode Island
• SC | South Carolina
• SD | South Dakota
• TN | Tennessee
• TX | Texas
• UT | Utah
• VT | Vermont
• VI | Virgin Islands
• VA | Virginia
• WA | Washington
• WV | West Virginia
• WI | Wisconsin
• WY | Wyoming

US States

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Armed Forces Asia
• Armed Forces Europe
• Armed Forces Pacific
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Let me know what I missed by leaving a comment or sending an email via my contact form. Thanks! :)

About the Author

Jeff Starr = Web Developer. Security Specialist. WordPress Buff.